TO CATCH A TEXAS STAR
Texas Heroes, Book 3
by
Linda Broday
Genre: Western / Historical / Romance
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Date of Publication: July 3, 2018
Number of Pages: 352
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On her way to town early one morning, Marley Rose McClain finds a man unconscious and bleeding at the side of the road. She loads him in the wagon and takes him to her family ranch.
Drifter Roan Penny fights for his life, his one goal eating at him—to find the ones who murdered his best friend. As he recovers, he finds himself falling in love with Marley. She’s everything he wants and dreams of making her his wife even as he knows it’s impossible.
A terrifying stranger appears and a long-kept secret shakes Marley to the core. Roan helps her through very frightening times and they pledge their love for each other.
As Roan hunts down the hooded men who killed his friend and grows closer to learning the truth of the stranger’s identity, he finds both himself and Marley being stalked.
Shocking events unfold, secrets come to light, and a love refuses to be denied in this cat and mouse game where danger lurks around every corner. Will Roan and Marley survive to see the future they plan?
Praise
“Fans of the previous books will enjoy returning to the McClain clan, and new readers will appreciate the story’s layered mysteries, emotional depth, and believable scenes of attraction.” — Publisher’s Weekly
“I loved the twists and turns that this story takes. It is pretty interesting seeing this romance blossom and how much their relationship strengthens as they face danger and the truth together.” — Addicted to Romance
“Marley Rose has one of the most gentle and winsome souls; her affection and compassion for others and delightful creativity pour off the pages and you can’t help but adore her.” — Michelle (Goodreads)
I’m so happy to be here, sharing my new release To Catch a Texas Star! This brings the Texas Heroes series to an exciting conclusion. It’s been a long time coming. After I wrote the first two books in the series – Knight on the Texas Plains and The Cowboy Who Came Calling – the publisher folded, and I never got to complete the series … until now. This is the book of my heart that I always wanted to write.
We met Marley Rose McClain as a baby in Knight on the Texas Plains and now she’s all grown up and looking for love. But there are secrets. Why does she look so different from her parents? What is the secret they’re keeping?
She discovers Roan Penny lying severely injured at the side of the road one frosty morning and takes him to her family ranch. As he recovers, their attraction grows stronger and stronger and Marley knows he’s the one for her. He calls her his Texas Star, and she sees undeniable love in his eyes even as danger surrounds them at every turn.
Much of Marley’s time is helping to care for all the children her parents take in and in this story, the McClain’s have twelve of them.
People ask why I write orphans into almost every story and here’s why.
The 1800s were overrun with orphans. New York City alone had 30,000 in 1850. Immigrants arrived, and a good many died of disease and starvation, leaving their children with no place to go. The orphanages bulged at the seams, and there were still so many living on the streets.
In an effort to curb the situation, they began shipping children out on orphan trains and offering them to anyone willing to give them a home. From 1854 to 1929, a quarter of a million orphans rode on those trains. Yet, with no oversight, a good many faced horrible abuse.
Things weren’t much better out west. People were dying in cholera epidemics, yellow fever, small pox, etc. Then you add in the numbers of the women dying in childbirth, and it’s staggering. Then came the Civil War that left even more children without parents. On the American frontier, there were Indian uprisings in addition to everything else. It was a horrible time of upheaval and children bore the brunt.
Characters like Marley’s mother and father can’t turn a blind eye so do whatever they can to help.
I think adding children to stories makes them richer. Children bring a greater level of emotion that isn’t there otherwise.
I hope you’ll try To Catch a Texas Star and see what I’m talking about. I have a brand-new series beginning in January. It’s called Outlaw Mail Order Brides. Maybe you’ll look for it.
Linda is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of full length historical western romance novels and novellas. She’s published over twenty books and short stories and resides in the Texas Panhandle on land the American Indian and Comancheros once roamed. On a quiet day, she can often hear their voices whispering in the wind.
The love of this state and its people runs bone deep and she instills that into each book she writes. She sets all her stories in Texas because of the rich history and interesting people.
A mother, grandmother, and soon to be a great-grandmother, Linda finds research fascinating and always looks for little known tidbits to add realism to her stories. When she’s not writing, she collects old coins and confesses to being a rock hound in addition to making herself a nuisance at museums, libraries, and historical places which inspire her.
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July 3-12, 2018
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It is so sad to think about so many orphans with no place to go and no one to care. That immediately endeared me to Duel and Jessie – the way they loved Marley and many others with such open hearts. This new release is going to capture many readers!! It is a great story.
Love this cover & Thanks for this amazing giveaway.
I am always happy to have you here Linda! You can tie your horse up at this corral any time!
Hi again, Storey Book Reviews! Thank you for hosting me on this Lone Star Book Tour! I’m really excited about To Catch a Texas Star. As I said above, this is the book of my heart that I always wanted to write. This one completes the circle and happy endings for all the characters. This is the first book I’ve written about a character who also writes and I found it lots of fun. Marley has so much to give to everyone and these stories satisfy that longing in her just as it does me. I hope readers will try this and then look for the others.
I have a new series starting in January called Outlaw Mail Order Brides and I bring back many of the characters from Men of Legend. I hear from a lot of readers asking about the women of Deliverance Canyon that I left there in To Marry a Texas Outlaw. This new series will give them freedom and they’ll be able to leave that canyon and walk openly–and to marry. So there is lots more to come.
Thanks again for letting me tie my horse in your corral for a bit.